Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ

Timeline

1. 1637–1650Kammin · Western PomeraniaNephew of Bogislaw XIV, the last duke of Pomerania, he inherited certain territorial rights after the male line of the Griffin dynasty died out. From 1637 he served as administrative bishop of the Kammin bishopric; he had studied at the University of Greifswald and served as rector. The 1648 Peace of Westphalia assigned the bishopric to Brandenburg; in 1650 he ceded his episcopal rights in exchange for a high compensation while retaining a reversionary right to his mother's Pomeranian benefice.
2. 1661–1670Szczecin · Western PomeraniaIn 1661, pursuant to the 1650 treaty, he obtained the office of provost of Kölkow Cathedral; in 1660 he inherited the private estate of the Pomeranian dukes, including the famous Croÿ tapestry. From 1665 he was appointed by the Great Elector as governor of Farther Pomerania, responsible for integrating the remaining Pomeranian territories after the Swedish wars, coordinating relations between the local nobility and the Brandenburg central government, and handling border affairs with Poland and Sweden on behalf of the elector.
3. 1670–1684Königsberg · East PrussiaAround 1670 he succeeded Radziwiłł as governor of East Prussia, while continuing to administer Pomeranian affairs until about 1678. He conducted government affairs in Königsberg, and in 1681 donated the Croÿ tapestry and other inheritances to the University of Greifswald. He died in Königsberg in 1684, as one of the last male descendants of the Griffin dynasty in the maternal line.